Pipe



' March 1945. D. c. MOCUTCHEON 76,

PIPE

Filed April 21, 1941 INVENTOR.

A TTORN RVS.

Patented Mar. 6, 1945 1 STATES P EN I E f]: j 2370,67 a v V 1 v PIPE" Y H David Chester McCutcheon, Brooklyn, N. Application April 21, 1941, Serial No. 389,486

2 Claims.

' ing tobacco cartridge made especially therefor.

Fourth, to provide a newand improved tobacco cartridge for pipes.

Fifth, to provide such a cartridge which seals in the tobacco and keeps it moist and confined and which may be easily removed and be disposed of after the pipe is filled.

Other objects and advantages pertaining to details and economies of construction and operation will appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined in the claims. A preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of my improved pipe.

ing the pipe.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view'on line 33 of Fig. of my improved cartridge in filled condition.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view thereof, showing how the plunger-dike closure operates.

Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the cartridge.

My improved pipe I is standard in most particulars, having a bowl 2 with an opening 3, and a stem 4. Projecting inwardly from the inner wall of the bowl adjacent the opening thereof, but

This element is also turned out around the edge of the body portion as shown at l5 and fastened there. It extends through the opening formed'at III by cutting away part of the closure8.

The tobacco I6 is confined in the cartridge and is thus kept fresh and does not get out into the pocket of one carrying it.

In use, the cover 8 is removed. The body 1 is seated on the rib 5.- The plunger-like closure H is then pressed as shownxin Fig. 2, forcing the tobacco into the bowl of the pipe. As the closure I l is pressed downwardly, the flexible element I4 is peeled from the wall of the body asshown in Figs. 2 and 4. The closure ll maybe pressed down to the rib 5 and when the body portion is removed, the fiexibleelement removes the closure r Fig. 2 is a view partly in section of my pipe and cartridge showing how the parts cooperate in fill spaced from said opening is a thin rib 5 which forms a seat for a tobacco cartridge as shown in Fig. 2.

The cartridge 6 which fits into the opening of the bowl consists of a hollow body portion 1 which is of uniform cross section. One end is closed by a removable closure 8 which is fastened with a hinge 9 which may be of adhesive cellulose tape. This closure fits into the end of the body portion as shown and a portion of the periphery'is cut away as shown at In for a purpose to be described.

Fitted in the other end of the body portion is a plunger-like disk I I which fits against-a shoulder l2 formed by bending in the body portion of the cartridge.

Fastened at I3 to the closure H is a flexible strip ll of adhesive cellulose tape which is slightly fastened to the inside wall of the body portion 1.

ll because of the element M which connects them.

By providing the rib 5, I materially simplify the filling ofthe pipe. The. entering tobacco goes in easily since it is kept away from frictional contact with the walls of the pipe and with any slight cake which always forms in a. pipe during smok ing. With this arrangement, the formation of a slight cake of less thickness than the radial dimension of the rib 5- does not interfere with the loading of the pipe. By constructing the rm 5 relatively thin and the diameter of the bowl cavity above the rib 5 less'than the diameter'beneath said rib the tobaccomay be freely forced from the cartridge 6 into the bowl cavity beneath said rib 5 as shown in-Fig. 2.

The terms and expressions which have been herein employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation, and there is no intention, in'the use of such terms and expressions of excluding any equivalents of the features shownand described. It is recognized that various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention claimed. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by'Letters Patent is: I I

' 1. In a-structure of the class described, the combination of a disposable tobacco cartridge comprising a hollow body portion of uniform cross section having a removable closure at one end and a, plunger-like closure at the other end fitted in said body portion, and a flexible element fastened to said plunger-like closure and extending along theinner surface of said body portion and fastened to said body portion adjacent said first mentioned end, and'a smoking pipe havingopening thereof on which said body portion is seated after its removable closure is removed, whereby the tobacco may be forced into the pipe without interference from a slight cake in said pipe of less radial dimension-than said rib, the diameter of said plunger-like closure member being such that it may be forced inwardly beyond said rib and said body portion of said cartridge and said plunger-like closure by connection with said flexible element being removable as a unit after filling the pipe. I

2. In a structure of the class described, the combination of a disposable tobacco cartridge comprisin a hollow body portion of uniform cross section having a removable closure at one end and a plunger-like closure at the other end fitted in said body portion, and a flexible element fastened to said plunger-like closure and extending along the inner surface of said body portion and fastened to said body portion adjacent said first mentioned end, and a smoking pipe having a bowl to. fit said cartridge and having inwardly projecting means adjacent but spaced from the opening thereof on which said body portion is seated after its removable closure is removed, whereby the tobacco may be forced into the pipe without interference fromla slight cake in said pipe of less radial dimension than said inwardly projecting means, the diameter of said plungerlike closure member being such that it may be forced inwardly beyond said inwardly projecting means and said body portion of said cartridge and said plunger-like closure by connection with said flexible element being removable as a unit after filling the pipe.

DAVID CHESTER McCUTCHEON. 

